http://www.ibm.com/lvg/1212.phtml
In his keynote address at the recent eBusiness Conference Expo, IBM CEO Lou Gerstner cited trends for the next generation of e-business:
- the Net is an integrating medium, allowing the lifeblood of e-business to flow.
- e-business infrastructure must be end-to-end, using standards such as Linux, and scalable.
- e-sourcing will enable buying IT as a utility-like service over the Net.
- privacy is mandatory for creating customer trust and brand loyalty.